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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 135, No. 26
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018
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Student volunteers served Cornellians food from Ghana, Nigeria, and Ethiopia at a pop-up buffet on Saturday. | Page 3
A year after its 34-7 victory, Cornell football repeated its success against Brown, winning 34-16. | Page 16
Maggie Gaus ’22 examines the way today’s musicians merge classical and modern music. | Page 9
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Few Cornell Employees Donate to Tom Reed By MATTHEW McGOWEN Sun Senior Editor
TANUSHRI SHAH / SUN GRAPHICS DESIGNER
Outraised | While Rep. Tom Reed consistently outraises Democratic
Incumbent Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) has outraised his Democratic challengers by an average of $1.6 million in the last three election cycles, but Federal Election Commission Filings show that only two Cornell staff and faculty — one of them a registered Democrat — have given large individual contributions to his current campaign. Contributions from Cornellians make up about eight percent of Tracy Mitrano J.D.’95’s total fundraising for the cycle and less than one percent of Reed’s. Despite a boost in third-quarter performance, where Mitrano outraised Reed for the quarter, the democratic candidate is still trailing Reed’s fundraising totals by over $2 million, and Reed’s $1,293,380 cash on hand as of Sept. 30 was more than Mitrano has raised in all. Publicly available FEC data only includes contributions from individuals over $200 and
challengers, he remains unpopular amongst Cornell employees.
See REED page 5
Mental Health Task Force Finalizes Appeal Sun Senior Editor
JANE CHEN / SUN GRAPHICS DESIGNER
Vote! | Cornellians living near the University are assigned one of four voting locations listed above for the November elections. Check your location online!
Midterm Voting Guide By AMANDA CRONIN Sun Staff Writer
BORIS TSANG / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Student-led approach | Task force student leaders present a draft of their recommendation on Friday.
S.C. Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘Be a Voice for Change’ Sun Senior Writer and Sun City Editor
By MATTHEW McGOWEN
See TASK FORCE page 4
prefers bourbons over beer at Thursday’s fireside chat.
By DREW MUSTO AND NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS
Student-led task force to submit recommendations to University The student-led Mental Health Task Force finalized its list of recommendations to improve Cornell’s mental health services on Sunday, with plans to formally introduce them to the administration and gather signatures from the student body on Monday. The task force recommendations include hiring new counselors and mental health liaisons, new training for resident advisors and university staff, changes to leave of absence policies, and increasing access to off-campus mental health services. Since March, the task force has worked to identify possible areas of improvements to Cornell’s mental health services, during which the adminis-
MICHAEL WENYE LI / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
‘Drink of choice’ | Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she
It’s that time of year again: time to study up, fill in your answers on your multiple choice papers, and hope that you win. It’s midterms season, but not those kinds of midterms — the midterm elections! November 6 is fast approaching, but you probably still have lots of questions on the when’s and where’s and who’s and how’s. The Sun has put together some information to help you answer those questions. HOW DOES VOTING WORK?
Voting is just like taking an
actual midterm exam, but easier. Prepare by studying up on your candidates to ensure that you are making informed choices when the time comes. On the ballot, you will be guided through how to fill in the bubbles next to the candidates you want. And that’s basically it! Want more information about the midterms, voting, or elections? Check out ballotpedia.org, vote. org, and the NYTimes Midterms Guide. WHO WILL I BE VOTING FOR?
If you are registered in Ithaca / See MIDTERMS page 4
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told Cornellians Thursday that their “most important job in this life” is to change the world for the better. In a discussion at Bailey Hall, the first Latina Supreme Court justice recalled the culture shock of arriving at Princeton as an undergraduate, said diabetes has forced her to have an unusual level of discipline and remembered being determined to “hold on to who I was” when she joined the nation’s highest court. “I’m here today and I speak publicly because I’m trying to engage every student in this room to remember that your most important job in life, as a member of this community, is to be involved in bettering it,” she said. “To be a voice for change, to take action when you see things you don’t like, to be civically involved in making this a better union.” In between her advice to students, Sotomayor also quipped with retired federal appeals court judge Richard C. Wesley J.D. ’74, who led the discussion. At one point, Sotomayor told Wesley that the other justices on the Supreme Court “like things that I don’t really love.” “They’re opera lovers. I like jazz,” she said. “And I can’t get any of them to go to jazz with me.” “They’ve got no funk!” Wesley replied. “That may be true,” Sotomayor said, smiling and jabbing a finger toward Wesley, her former colleague on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. And when Wesley asked her if she preferred bourbon or beer, Sotomayor responded with characteristic certitude: “Bourbon.” Students inched to the edge of their seats to shake the justice’s hand as she moseyed around the packed auditorium in the middle of the event, under the close watch of at least two U.S. marshals. See SOTOMAYOR page 5